I applied online. I interviewed at Thumbtack (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
After applying online, a recruiter reached out to me within a month and got the process moving along. I made it to an onsite interview and my experience at the offices made me like Thumbtack even more. Unfortunately, no offer but everyone I encountered made the process enjoyable.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give a short lesson on any topic you want (asked before one of the technical questions).
A coding challenge (3 parts), followed by a phone screen and video call interview that consists of solving and explaining my solution to a given coding question. The question was fair and the interviewer was patient and made the overall! They gave me wonderful feedback!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you optimize the search engine by categorizing our current categories that we offer that would best match our customer with their preferences and needs?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Thumbtack
Interview
They first sent me the standard coding challenge for a database on hackerrank. After about a week they replied and set me up with a phone screen. I passed that one and they set me up with another one a week later. After that they wanted to invite me to an onsite but unfortunately they informed me they can't sponsor visas for interns. Very unfortunate as I was having high hopes for the company; the whole process was very well done. The interview questions were both leetcode hards or modifications of leetcode hards.
